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Best Reviews of Hotels near Chavaran Bhawan, Alappuzha (Alleppey)

It has been one of the awesome experience which will stay in our memory for long long time. I travelled with my entire family during December 2015; so had the entire three bed room houseboat booked having premium services. We opted for premium boat so didn't had any issue whatsoever like mosquitoes etc ( so many thing was written earlier about mosquito problem in other forum by travellers). The house boat was clean ( better than many four star hotel room), bed was clean ; toilet was clean. Check in was done in a flash ( as all payments made in advance ) and we almost sailed immediately; boat stopped for lunch, shopping for 10 min ( we picked up few kg of expensive crab, prawn etc but it's worth it. ) followed by lunch ( 1 HR ) and then stopped fully by 5:30 pm for night out near a village. It was nice watching star and village walk in the evening followed by morning walk. Morning they start at 7 and we checked out by 8:30am. In house boat food was nice, taste and adequate ( even if you don't buy from outside). You can watch movies via usb / lcd TV but you won't have time for sure to watch full movie. This is highly recommended than booking a hotel, and must visit location of travelling in Kerela.

It is a House Boat service provider and very good House Boats were there. We pre-informed them that we need pure veg food without onion and garlic, so that was arranged too.

Room was equipped with toilet and water supply (do not drink or clean you mouth with that water, it may be from that canal which look very dirty). Room had air conditioner too, but they activated it only in night 9 PM to morning 6 AM as it works on battery power and it was sufficient too. You can discuss with them while booking and can increase the time of AC usage as per your needs. Bed was good but, bed sheets were very small and came out while sleeping casing uneasiness. On special request, they decorated the bed room with flowers. Decoration was with fresh flowers with very less flowers, nice and elegant. But my expectation was of a little more. ;)

Nice boat deck with sofa set, cushions and all. TV with CD player, if you can bring CD there then you can watch some movies or listen to songs.

They took us on a ride from 12 PM to 5:30 PM and then they parked that boat next to a local market where that boat stayed till morning.

Crew inside boat was very good. Only disappointing thing is the crew expect you to pay some money at the end of your stay as gift and may force you or demand good amount of money like as if it is their right. May be the hotel is not paying enough to them or may be they are a bit greedy, I am not sure. At that time crew used some bad words too in conversation while asking for money that ruined the whole experience in the end.

Whole experience was very good except the last incident of crew demanding some good amount of money as TIP.

This is a good houseboat with 2 bedrooms. It was clean and relatively new. The dining area is clean and spacious enough for 6 people. The staff are friendly and can speak Malayalam/Tamil. The cruise time was from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm with a lunch break of 1 hr. Next day morning another 1 hour cruise back during the breakfast. Lunch/Dinner/Breakfast was good. Mostly vegetarian with Fish Fry for lunch and Chicken curry for dinner. For breakfast, we were served Idli with chutney. The veg curries were a little spicy. Bathrooms were clean. Don't expect hot water for shower. The journey was safe. There was a TV with USB. Take some movies with you if you would like to watch any movies.

It was really a heavenly experience to stay at houseboat. All the staff were very cordial with us and the dish they prepared for our lunch or dinner were too delicious. In a word our whole experience was too pleasant to be remembered for ever.

It was an amazing Experience in Alappuzha boathouse. The boat staff, the driver and the cook were really good. Trust me they were really kind, they gave us food what we wanted, Karnataka style. They gave us coffee whenever we wanted.

Evening snacks. They were really good and the boat was really clean neat. Including the room and the food. The bathrooms were really clean and neat. Hot water was available when required. It was an 24 hour in boat house. Still would love to visit the same place again.